Chem 335 - Winter 1999 - Organic Chemistry II
Portland State University - Dr. Carl C. Wamser


Chapter 16 - Carboxylic Acids

Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives


distinguished from aldehydes and ketones because one substituent is NOT C or H
(usually Cl, O, or N, but it could also be other F, Br, I, S, P, or many other possibilities)

Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acids

Structure and Properties of Carboxylic Acids

Acidity of Carboxylic Acids

Carboxylate Salts

Spectroscopy of Carboxylic Acids

Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids

Reactions of Carboxylic Acids

Fischer esterification

Decarboxylation